central time for a defund obama care town hall? who are the folks in that room that ted cruz is going to be speaking to? >> reporter: they're all supporters of the heritage foundation and heritage action. heritage action has a long history of being a really powerful group that actually does hold a lot of sway over republicans, especially in the house of representatives. so the people i've talked to here so far are really, you know, they're ardently against obama care, as they call it, the president's health care law. they're huge fans of ted cruz. most of the people that, you know, i spoke to who are trickling their way in are here particularly to see him. the heritage foundation is claiming that this is an oversold crowd. we'll see. they're still trickling into the ballroom behind me. there were pretty long lines to get in as i was walking over here. this event was supposed to have started a few minutes ago. we're running a little bit late. we'll see if they fill up the room and fill up the standing room as they promised. >> nbc n